Scientific Staff
BIO
Ana Allende obtained her Degree at the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of León (Spain) and her PhD in Food Science and Technology at the University of Cartagena, (Spain). She is a Senior Researcher at the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) in the Food Science & Technology Department at CEBAS-CSIC institute in Murcia, Spain. She is a member of the research group on Microbiology and Quality of Fruits and Vegetables. She holds several positions in (inter)-national institutions including vice-chair of the BIOHAZ panel at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), vice-director of the CEBAS-CSIC, Member of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) Roster of Experts, and member of the COST ACTION HuPlant. She has built up more than twenty years of scientific research but also management experience by executing, initiating and guiding research projects in the area of microbial safety of fresh produce.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Over the last years, her research activity has been focused on safety aspects of fruits and vegetables, specifically, on leafy greens and fresh-cut products from pre-harvest to post-harvest operations. Her research topics deal with the study of preventive and intervention strategies implemented through good agricultural practices, and the optimization of processing operations including water disinfection in the agro-food industry, that impacts product quality and safety.
Email: aallende@cebas.csic.es
Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-1867-2012
Representative Publications
Truchado, P., Gil, M.I., López, C., Garre, A., Simón-Andreu, P., Allende, A., 2021.
New standards at European Union level on water reuse for agricultural irrigation: Are the Spanish wastewater treatment plants ready to produce and distribute reclaimed water within the minimum quality requirements? Int. J. Food Microbiol., 356, 109352.
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Truchado, P., Garre, A., Gil, M.I., Simón-Andreu, P.J., Sánchez, G., Allende, A., 2021.
Monitoring of human enteric virus and coliphages throughout water reuse system of wastewater treatment plants to irrigation endpoint of leafy greens. Sci. Total Environ, 782, 146837.
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Walter Randazzo, Pilar Truchado, Enric Cuevas-Ferrando, Pedro Simón, Ana Allende, Gloria Sánchez. 2020.
SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater anticipated COVID-19 occurrence in a low prevalence area. Water Res., 181, 115942.
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FAO and WHO. 2019. Allende, A., Amoah, P., Bouwknegt, M., Dalsgaard, A., de Jonge, R., de Roda Husman, A.M., Desmarchelier, P., Drechsel, P., Gorris, L., Knøchel, S., Lambertini, E., Petterson, S., Smeets, P., Sobsey, M. Stenstrom, T.A.
Safety and Quality of Water Used in Food Production and Processing – Meeting report. Microbiological Risk Assessment Series no. 33. Rome.
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Allende, A., Barre, L., Jacxsens, L., Liebana, E., Messens, W., Sarno, E., da Silva Felicio, M.T., 2018.
EFSA Supporting publication 2018:EN-1445. Urgent scientific and technical assistance to provide recommendations for sampling and testing in the processing plants of frozen vegetables aiming at detecting Listeria monocytogenes.
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Truchado, P., Elsser-Gravesen, A., Gil, M.I., Allende, A., 2020.
Post-process treatments are effective strategies to reduce Listeria monocytogenes on the surface of leafy greens: a pilot study. Int. J. Food Microbiol., 313, 108390.
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